Design & Manufacturing of Components of Modified Bench Vise on Rapid Prototype Machine

ABSTRACT Prototyping or model making is one of the important steps to finalize a product design. Traditional Rapid Prototyping (RP) is commonly referred to as layered manufacturing or solid free form fabrication. It is used for the physical modelling of a new product design directly from computer aided design (CAD) data without the use of any special tooling or significant process engineering. This rapid procedure reduces the lead time required to produce a prototype of a product by eliminating much or all of the process engineering time and tooling requirements. It helps in conceptualization of a design. Designing a rigid, flexible, cost effective and highly durable vise is need of today’s era. Safety should also be taken into consideration while designing the vise. This paper is related to designing and manufacturing of modified bench vise components on rapid prototype machining process. We have designed the conventional and modified bench vise in Pro-E CAD software and manufactured it on Dimension 1200es RPT machine.